Life is endless, and the toss is endless. This was a common feature of all emperors.

When the dynasty was first established, Zhao Lao Er worked hard to stabilize the domestic situation. If he hadn't heard of Qihang's birth, when he put down the rebellion against Li Yun's subordinates, he would have personally risked arrows and led the army to attack Zezhou.

After more than half a year of hard fighting, the nascent Zhao and Song dynasties finally ushered in the dawn before dawn.

Now, as long as you are a clear-sighted person, you can make an accurate judgment on the situation in the world.

The death of the lord of Li Tang and the succession of the crown prince Li Yu means that Li Tang will not have any military action in the next three years.

After more than 20 years of struggle, Meng Chang, the emperor of Mengshu, finally realized the life of singing and dancing and leveling the life of a mellow and beautiful woman, and now no one would expect such an extravagant emperor to be able to do anything shocking.

Although the current Liao State is its heyday, it should be chasing the world and establishing an immortal cause, but its emperor Yelu Jing is really not a reliable leader, in order to go hunting, he can not go to court in the middle of the month, and he regards killing people with his own hands as a great joy in life.

A very good Liao country was made by such a mediocre and tyrannical emperor, and all kinds of rebellions emerged one after another, and there was no time to fight for the world.

Since the fall of the Uighur Khanate, the Uighur Khanate has divided the world into three parts. Hundreds of small tribes, under the guidance of the three major tribes, are constantly attacking each other and taking care of themselves.

As for other small forces such as Wu Yue, Nanyue, Dali, etc., they are already thankful that they can survive in this troubled era, and how dare they have the ambition to compete for the world.

Now that the situation in the world is clear, there will be no more battles in the short term, Zhao Lao Er naturally moved his attention to the country. He is fed up with those envoys with evil intentions, and if he doesn't settle them, when he conquers the world in the future, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not stab them in the back.

The meaning of life lies in tossing, and Wen Qihang finally understood the power of this sentence.

"Pigs! ........" Wen Qihang pointed at the dozens of piglets in front of him with trembling fingers, his eyes were black, and he almost fainted.

After more than half a year of getting along, in the eyes of the villagers, this little lord who doesn't seem to be very friendly is just a child who is cold on the outside and hot on the inside.

The draught does not forget the well diggers, and the villagers can live a good life now, of course, thanks to the arrival of this little lord.

Under the leadership of this little lord, it took the villagers less than half a year to earn a fortune that would take decades to earn.

Now it is rare to see this little lord return home, and Ni Qibo, under the instruction of the villagers, came to invite Wen Qihang to inspect the development of Guanlou Village.

For the kindness of the villagers, Wen Qihang is of course carefully accepted. After all, it is to make this an impregnable revolutionary base. Having a good relationship with the villagers is naturally the right thing to do.

"Yes, it's a pig, sir!" Seeing Wen Qihang, he couldn't help but be overjoyed and almost fainted, Ni Qibo hurriedly stepped forward to support Wen Qihang, and his old face was about to wrinkle into a chrysanthemum with joy.

Wen Qihang took a few deep breaths, relieved the depression in his heart, jumped to his feet and cursed: "You bastards, you still have the face to scold the lord I am a pig!" You're the pigs, and the whole family is pigs! ”

"Sir, you are angry, it was a mistake by the little old man, and I hope you will forgive me. We are indeed pigs, and I can't even understand a sentence. Only then did Ni Qibo realize that there would indeed be some ambiguity in the words just now, so he hurriedly asked for sin.

Hearing this, Captain Qihang sighed, looked at the silly villagers in front of him, and said with a wry smile: "It's not your fault, it's all lords, I can't think about it!" ”

"Ahh Sir, what do you mean by that? Ni Qibo said in surprise.

"What do you mean? You have fed more than 30 pigs in one household, and there are more than 130 households in our village, which is close to 5,000 pigs. Wen Qihang snorted slightly.

"Yes! Sir, twenty times a pig! Our village is going to make a fortune this time! Li Er jumped out happily and said. Last time, under the pressure of Wen Qihang, he reluctantly raised three pigs, and as a result, he only earned sixty yuan, and now as long as he mentions it, he regrets three lives. I knew that I should have raised dozens of heads last time, otherwise my wife would have earned enough money a long time ago, so why bother to fight a single person now.

"Make a fortune?" Wen Qihang sneered.

"Sir, even if you are illiterate, you can still understand such simple arithmetic! Twenty times a pig, twenty-five pigs, that's five hundred! And that's not even counting the other ten bars of soap you gave, sir. Li Er said confidently. That's a full 500 times! It would have taken at least ten lifetimes to make so much money.

"Your arithmetic is really good, so you continue to do the math." Smell the smell of sailing and playing.

“........”

Seeing Li Er scratching his head in a daze, he didn't know why, Wen Qihang sighed and said, "I'll do the math for you, sir." Even if your household has 25 pigs, then the whole village has 3,500 pigs, do you know how much soap these 3,500 pigs can produce? ”

Seeing that the villagers shook their heads stupidly, Wen Qihang sighed lightly and continued: "Then at least more than 400,000 pieces of soap will be produced, you must know that the total population in the Jingshi, including beggars, whether there are 400,000 people, is a problem." Are you going to let the beggars come and buy our soap? ”

“........”

How expensive soap is! Ten pieces in one! How can a beggar afford it, Ni Qibo said in a trembling voice: "Sir, please forgive the little old man for being stupid, can you explain a little more clearly?" ”

Although they still didn't understand Wen Qihang's explanation, vaguely, everyone present found that things were a little different from what they had originally thought.

"We only produced soap from 1,000 pigs last time, and we haven't sold all of it until now, and we still have at least nearly half of the stock in the warehouse. If you add this one, you plan to sell it for 200 years? Wen Qihang shook his head speechlessly.

Li Er swallowed and spitted at the mouth, "Why don't we sell it at a reduced price?" ”

"It's okay to reduce the price, but once the price is reduced, it means that you won't be able to sell ten pieces in the future, not to mention that you are smashing the jobs of future generations. Even if we reduce the price, how much money is appropriate? Two hundred texts?

But if you sell it for 200 yuan, throw away the cost, even if you raise 200 pigs, I'm afraid it won't be as much as you can earn by raising a pig now.

The most important thing is that we can make soap for fatty meat, but what about lean meat? What are you going to do with it? Can't throw it all away? ”

"........" Everyone suddenly became speechless, that's meat! In this age when people can't have enough to eat, but to waste meat is destined to be damned!

In ancient times, the society was too scarce in terms of property, and if you worked hard, you might starve to death, and who would have thought that once there was a surplus of goods, it would also cause great trouble.

The people can't afford to eat pork, but the nobles don't eat it. In ancient times when there was no cold storage, so much pork could not be stored for a long time. Although it can be kept without slaughtering, once the breeding has formed a scale, it is not a matter of raising it.

Because whether it is the consumption of manpower or the consumption of feed, it is a lot of expenses. Pigs, on the other hand, do not grow indefinitely, and once the cost of breeding exceeds the selling price of the whole pig, it means losing money.

What's more, the breeding has become a scale, and the longer the raising time, the more dangerous it is.

"Sir! You must save the little ones! That's all my little possessions! Li Er, who had an epiphany, collapsed on the ground and began to wail when he hugged Wen Qihang's thigh.

After listening to Wen Qihang's explanation, Li Er suddenly discovered that the pigs he raised would be at risk of not being sold. If it is sold at a reduced price, let's not talk about whether it will lose money, who dares to do this thing that smashes the jobs of children and grandchildren, and will not be pointed at by future generations to scold their mothers in the future.

"Sir! How good is that? Ni Qibo said in a panic.

“........”

The villagers are worried, and they are more worried than they are, and no matter how many pigs they raise in the future generations, it will not be enough for 1.4 billion people. But not now, pigs can only be sold nearby, and without refrigeration measures, they cannot be sold far away. And transporting live pigs is even more impractical, not to mention what these pigs eat along the way, and there is no vehicle that can transport live pigs.

Making pork into bacon is probably the only feasible way, but making so much bacon requires a lot of salt, spices, and charcoal, which is undoubtedly a huge expense.

But even bacon has a shelf life, and who can guarantee that it can be sold before it spoils.

(End of chapter)